About feelings and emotions
It's normal to be an impressionable person. It's not clear why some people think the opposite. The ability to feel and experience emotions is a true gift. And you need to accept it.
Of course, it is not always easy for such people. They experience everything on a particularly deep level. They have excellent intuition, they also delve into everything that is happening, literally studying the situation - of course, the perception will be much more subtle and acute.
Also, due to their great emotional reactivity, such people take a lot to heart. Especially your failures and defeats. Having made the wrong decision, they reproach themselves for a long time.
Due to their high sensitivity, especially impressionable people are completely unable to perceive criticism. Again, their deep, thoughtful thinking also comes into play here. Even for a minor reason, such a person is capable of “working himself up” into depression. At least his close people need to remember this so that they do not criticize him in any way. After all, this can really destroy it.
Emotional instability
Emotional instability is a deviation or problem of a psychological nature, manifested in mood swings, poor self-control, impulsiveness, impulsive actions, as well as other signs of emotional lability.
In other words, this is a state that is the opposite of psycho-emotional stability. A psycho-emotionally unstable person reacts inadequately to everyday stimuli. Emotionally labile people find it difficult to concentrate.
Any even minor trouble for emotionally unstable individuals can disrupt the usual rhythm of life and impair performance.
Causes of emotional instability
The instability of emotions cannot be attributed to diseases. It is a deviation of a personal nature, revealed in a frantic emotional outburst.
A person suffering from the type of disorder described is characterized by mood swings, irritability, impatience, and, in some situations, aggressiveness.
They acutely perceive the slightest criticism from those around them; it is difficult for them to perceive other people's opinions.
To this day, it is quite difficult to determine the true factor responsible for the emergence of emotional instability. However, today we can identify several reasons that directly provoke the onset of the analyzed deviation, namely:
– psychological trauma;
– hypo- or hyperprotection of relatives;
– constant exposure to stressors;
– persistent overstrain of an emotional nature;
– chronic fatigue due to lack of sleep, malnutrition, improper routine;
– psychasthenia;
– deficiency of nutrients in the body;
– hormonal disruptions or changes;
– mental disorders: depressive states, neuroses, bipolar disorder, manic disorder;
– influence of character accentuations;
– side effects of certain medications;
– congenital defects of the nervous system.
Also, emotional instability in women can often occur at a certain stage of the menstrual cycle or be a consequence of the approach of menopause. This condition is transient and can be treated with specialized pharmacopoeial drugs aimed at normalizing the ratio of hormones.
In addition, emotional instability may be a consequence of the presence of the following somatic disorders, such as: vascular diseases, hypotension, hypertension, brain tumors, diabetes mellitus, brain injuries. Here, instability of emotions should be considered as a symptom of an underlying illness.
It is also possible to identify factors that aggravate psycho-emotional lability. Emotional instability is enhanced by lack of sleep, malnutrition or poor quality nutrition, stress, lack of rest, deterioration of well-being, psycho-emotional shocks, being in uncomfortable conditions, a turbulent environment, forced interaction with individuals who cause antipathy.
Symptoms of emotional instability
Emotional instability comes in two varieties: impulsive and borderline. The borderline type is characterized by a fairly developed imagination, excessive impressionability, mobility of perception, inability to adequately perceive everyday difficulties, and affective lability. Any obstacle in the path of such people is perceived by them as painful and unhealthy.
This condition is also called unstable psychopathy. It borders on schizophrenia. Mental lability of the type under consideration arises in puberty. Since this particular period is characterized by the prevalence of one’s own desires over generally accepted behavioral norms.
The emotional instability of adolescents here is found in restlessness, mood swings, frustration and inattention. A person with an emotionally labile disorder of this type often cannot adequately perceive life’s trials.
Therefore, often these features of the attitude towards existence lead individuals to alcoholism or drug addiction, and can also push them to crime. Persons with this type of deviation have a highly developed sense of attachment, which gives rise to a lack of independence.
Such people tend to blackmail loved ones with their own suicide. They are quite confrontational and love to make scandals out of jealousy.
People with emotionally unstable impulsive type disorders are characterized by excessive excitability. Emotional instability in a child here is characterized by childish capriciousness and touchiness. Such kids are prone to hysterics and aggression. Adults, in addition to the above symptoms, are characterized by promiscuity and high sexual activity.
Such individuals often engage in public emotional acts, which are often accompanied by outbursts of rage.
People around them are afraid of such behavior; they lack understanding of the actions of individuals suffering from lability of emotions. Therefore, they strive to minimize interaction with such individuals. Individuals suffering from the described type of deviation are distinguished by their uncompromising and cruelty.
People with emotional lability are characterized by impaired self-esteem and the inability to build adequate relationships with society. They feel loneliness, as a result of which they make frantic attempts to avoid it. They are characterized by sudden mood swings. Such people feel a pervasive fear due to the need to make adjustments to their plans.
In society
As a rule, an impressionable person is a person who can spot a liar in the blink of an eye. And not only thanks to intuition. He is also excellent at picking up nonverbal gestures that give away liars.
It should be noted that not all impressionable people are introverts, although many people think so. Allegedly, they protect themselves from communicating with other people, so as not to injure themselves once again.
But that's not true. An impressionable person is one who feels very comfortable and confident in the company of close people and reliable, trusted friends. At such moments, he realizes that he is valued and loved, and the feelings and character traits he experiences are not considered strange.
By the way, such people are excellent friends. They are the ones who treat others the way they would like to be treated. They are distinguished by tact, conscientiousness, correctness, and also the ability to choose words correctly.
In progress
When talking about the characteristics of an impressionable person, this topic also needs to be touched upon with attention. His characteristic feature, which he often focuses on when choosing a job, is increased attentiveness. Not a single detail can escape such a person.
Also, almost all impressionable people are deep thinkers. That is why they are the most valuable employees and team members. The main thing is that such a person is not given a role that requires making final decisions.
But in general, impressionable people prefer to work alone. They rarely like to work in a team, since there is a feeling that everyone is constantly monitoring the actions of the other.
High tendency to depression
Unfortunately, it is typical for an overly impressionable person. When receiving negative experiences, he often gives up and loses confidence. This has a bad effect on the nervous system. If he does not find himself in a favorable social environment, he will not find a way to protect himself from all this.
In such situations, it is very important for close people and friends of a sensitive person to show maximum support. He needs it. Don’t say the phrase: “You’re too sensitive!” or “You seem to take everything to heart!” - He’s already heard enough of this throughout his life.
Yes, maybe the reason that drove him into deep depression will seem to someone like nonsense that can be resolved in 1-2 days, but for him it is a tragedy. Close people must understand how he feels and how bad he feels, forgetting about moralizing.
Love of silence and animals
This is another feature that is characteristic of both a sensitive and impressionable person. This means that he urgently needs to be alone with himself.
Such people, by the way, begin to live independently early. They are not just irritated by extraneous sounds. They oppress such people. Moreover, an impressionable person will be able to hear what is happening where even through a closed door and several rooms. That's why he needs calm neighbors.
What can you say about loving animals? Everything is simple here. Pets are much more open, friendly and trusting, unlike people. Therefore, a sensitive person, having made a little friend, quickly becomes attached to him on an emotional level. He loves his pet very much for the positivity that he selflessly gives him.
By the way, often impressionable people get birds. They are bright, colorful, cheerful, melodious and chatty - a real source of joy at home.
Emotional lability: causes, signs, methods of correction
The term “emotional lability” in psychiatry means a pathological violation of the stability of emotional status.
This state is characterized by regular fluctuations in emotional tone and high mobility of the emotional-volitional sphere. With emotional lability, an individual experiences a rapid replacement of some experiences with other feelings.
The mood background is extremely unstable. A person’s disposition of spirit changes depending on the situation and depends on insignificant details of reality.
With emotional lability, changes in environmental conditions or one’s own well-being lead to instant, very violent and vivid reactions. A person with this disorder responds equally sharply to the influence of both positive and negative factors.
An individual can easily and quickly develop states of emotion, sentimentality, and excessive tenderness, accompanied by causeless tearfulness. Over time, a person may demonstrate traits of hostility, anger, and aggressiveness. At the same time, the presented stimulus does not always cause adequate reaction situations.
For example, being offended by your interlocutor can cause inappropriate fits of hysterical laughter. Or, having received good news, a person will begin to sob violently.
A distinctive characteristic of emotional lability is the regular alternation of short-term emotional states. In contrast to such mood swings, another condition has been described - emotional rigidity, also called “emotional flatness”. This disorder is characterized by minimal expression or complete absence of emotions.
Emotional lability: reasons
A pathological state of the psyche - emotional lability - is determined in various somatic, neurological and mental disorders. Instability of emotional status is a typical symptom:
- benign and malignant formations of the brain and adjacent formations;
- traumatic brain injuries;
- dyscirculatory encephalopathy;
- arterial hypertension and hypotension (hypertension and hypotension);
- asthenic syndrome;
- affective (depressive) states;
- disruption of the activity of the limbic-reticular complex structures;
- pathologies of the endocrine system.
The cause of emotional lability can be chronic stressful conditions or intense mental trauma. The basis for the development of this condition is an affectively labile (cyclothymic) temperament.
Mood swings are often found in people with a hysterical character (demonstrative personalities).
In this situation, the foundation for mood swings is congenital mental weakness and instability of hysterical drives, which is combined with an obsessive desire to be the center of attention.
Often, emotional lability starts after illnesses of a viral or bacterial nature, with vitamin deficiency, in particular, with a deficiency of B vitamins. A typical provocateur of mood swings is serotonin syndrome: a failure in the exchange of neurotransmitters that regulate the emotional sphere.
Emotional lability: symptoms
The main characteristics of this pathological condition are unreasonable mood swings, impulsiveness and spontaneity of actions, the inability to control one’s own behavior, and the inability to foresee the consequences of one’s actions.
A change in emotional state occurs for insignificant reasons or even in the absence of objective reasons. Demonstration of emotions can reach the size of affective outbursts, when the demonstrated reaction significantly exceeds the strength of the presented stimulus.
A person with emotional instability may experience an angry-sad mood for no reason, combined with violent outbursts of aggression. After a short period, dysphoria may be replaced by the opposite phenomena - high spirits, a feeling of lightness with characteristic psychomotor agitation.
Emotional lability is adjacent to excessive impressionability, suspiciousness and vulnerability of the individual. Such a person reacts extremely painfully to criticism addressed to him and is particularly suspicious.
A person with emotional lability easily becomes a victim of addictions. The lack of a strong inner core, the lack of clear life guidelines leads an unstable personality into the ranks of chronic alcoholics and drug addicts.
The inability to control emotions often rewards with uncontrollable passion in various areas.
An emotionally labile person can become an avid casino visitor, embark on countless love affairs, and become addicted to computer games.
With mood lability, a person can go from one extreme to another. Today he will swear eternal love to his chosen one, and tomorrow he will simply file for divorce. An emotionally unstable person, driven by immediate desires, often changes jobs or leaves school.
Emotional lability: methods of overcoming
In most cases, it is possible to eliminate emotional lability in a person. In the absence of pronounced and persistent personality changes, it is possible to overcome this condition with the help of psychotherapeutic techniques, auto-training and hypnosis techniques. The doctor’s task is to establish the true causes of the anomaly, confirm or exclude organic lesions, and eliminate triggers.
The emphasis in correcting emotional lability is on cognitive behavioral therapy techniques. During sessions, the psychotherapist teaches the client ways to control their emotions and relaxation methods.
In severe situations, pharmacological drugs are used in the treatment of emotional lability: sedatives of plant origin, benzodiazepine tranquilizers, anxiolytics, antidepressants.
Emotional lability: causes, signs, methods of correction
31.07.2017
Maria Barnikova
The term “emotional lability” in psychiatry means a pathological violation of the stability of emotional status.
The term “emotional lability” in psychiatry means a pathological violation of the stability of emotional status. This state is characterized by regular fluctuations in emotional tone and high mobility of the emotional-volitional sphere.
With emotional lability, an individual experiences a rapid replacement of some experiences with other feelings.
The mood background is extremely unstable. A person’s disposition of spirit changes depending on the situation and depends on insignificant details of reality.
With emotional lability, changes in environmental conditions or one’s own well-being lead to instant, very violent and vivid reactions. A person with this disorder responds equally sharply to the influence of both positive and negative factors.
An individual can easily and quickly develop states of emotion, sentimentality, and excessive tenderness, accompanied by causeless tearfulness. Over time, a person may demonstrate traits of hostility, anger, and aggressiveness. At the same time, the presented stimulus does not always cause adequate reaction situations.
For example, being offended by your interlocutor can cause inappropriate fits of hysterical laughter. Or, having received good news, a person will begin to sob violently.
A distinctive characteristic of emotional lability is the regular alternation of short-term emotional states. In contrast to such mood swings, another condition has been described - emotional rigidity, also called “emotional flatness”. This disorder is characterized by minimal expression or complete absence of emotions.
How to fix it?
Many people still want to become less impressionable. If this feature prevents them from living, then why not try to re-educate themselves? To begin with, every very impressionable person should pay attention to the following recommendations:
- You can't dwell on past events. Self-examination, accompanied by thoughts “What if then, I would have acted differently...”, etc. Of course, this will cause sadness and depression! The experience of past mistakes is important, but one should not allow one to live in the past.
- You always have to think first. And only then show emotions, say something or take actions. Let's say someone said something and it offended the person. There is no need to scream or cry right away. It’s better to talk to the offender and ask him clarifying questions. Perhaps he didn't mean it at all.
- We need to become simpler. Our world is incredibly dynamic. Tens of thousands of events occur in it every second. If you don’t all react, you won’t have enough nerves. One should only take to heart what a person can really change. Empty experiences will lead to nothing.
And, of course, you need to control what is possible. Let's say a person worries a lot because he has a small salary, while a friend is a millionaire. So it’s time to start acting - build a career, work, work.
Because impressions come from circumstances. And if they can be changed for the better, even just a little bit, we should do it.
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